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Posted on 06/27/2002 1:15:20 PM PDT by AmusedBystander
Edited on 05/07/2004 6:09:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
At least three men reportedly were taken into federal custody in two Pensacola malls as the FBI and the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service initiated a nationwide sweep Wednesday.
Witnesses said plain-clothes agents closed Intrigue jewelry vendors at Cordova and University malls, Wild Things at University and possibly other shops.
(Excerpt) Read more at pensacolanewsjournal.com ...
Things are moving slowly forward. We've got a long road ahead of us, but the administration is slowly letting the LEO's off the leash.
Witnesses said the three men in handcuffs appeared to be of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent.Bill Hurlburt, an FBI spokesman from the regional Jacksonville office, said that "the only thing the Department of Justice has authorized in terms of a statement is that this activity is part of a joint investigation between the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the FBI, and there will be no further comment since the investigation is ongoing."
A Justice Department spokesman, who refused to be identified, said the roundup had nothing to do with concerns about possible Fourth of July terrorism but was related to immigration violations.
I don't think the FBI is generally called in on routine immigration violations. The fact that these guys were Middle Eastern or South Asian makes this smell like a terror investigation... in Pensacola! No surprise there.
Yes, it's always a good thing any time we get some bad guys. But this story doesn't appear to reveal any serious activity by the FedGov to end their virtual non-enforcement of most of the violations of our immigration laws, by the vast majority of Illegals who continue to merrily colonize our country.
While 80% of the INS investigators are currently concentrating on the terror sweeps, the other 20% are currently working smuggling cases and are catching many illegals also.
Over all, the apprehensions are up, compared to the 9 month period prior to 9/11.
I've noted on another thread that although G.W. Bush has made a lot of public noise about being soft on immigration, from what I've seen of his actions it looks like he is actually inclined to put some teeth into our laws concerning people who are here illegally.
If my choice is between someone who does nothing about immigration while proclaiming their opposition to it, or someone who proclaims their support of immigration while taking action to limit it, I'll take the latter choice, thank you.
Good Grief, I just might even end up voting for the guy next time around.
GWB is soft on Mexico, which accounts for 3/4 of the illegals in the country, and that’s the major problem. As long as he is soft on Mexico, the terrorist have an open door into the US.
Still, bringing the FBI to get three Middle Eastern and South Asian guys in Pensacola strikes one as not exactly routine... no?
I will see what I can find out locally and report back to this thread.
By the way, there was some interesting stuff in the Washington Times this morning buried in an article about the Immigration Guy saying that we needed to care for illegals (which is ok with me as long as when we are done caring for them we ship them home). Fox is apparently trying to discourage some of the illegals, or is at least feeling like he needs to appear to do so. That is a little bit of progress.
Fox is apparently trying to discourage some of the illegals, or is at least feeling like he needs to appear to do so. That is a little bit of progress.I'd say there's a decent chance these Pensacloa boys have 9/11 connections... or maybe anthrax at American Media.
Well, he saw what happened to Section 245(i) this Spring. He's been talking lately about nothing happening on "normalization" of status for Illegals until next year. Hmmm... that would be after November. I don't trust him at all.
Now I am having to do my own reporting!
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